EU regulator recommends Pfizer’s COVID pill be authorized
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended that Pfizer’s coronavirus antiviral drug be authorized for use in the 27-nation…
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Long-term US mortgage unchanged again this week at 3.55%
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates were flat for a third straight week after rising about a…
Continue Reading Altria: iQOS cigarette alternative off market through 2022
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Altria said Thursday that its heat-not-burn cigarette, iQOS, probably won’t be back in U.S.…
Continue Reading New Italy president still elusive after 4th round of voting
ROME (AP) — Lawmakers and regional representatives have failed again to find consensus on a new Italian president. That’s even after the…
Continue Reading EU watchdog clears Facebook’s purchase of Kustomer startup
LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators have approved Facebook parent Meta’s purchase of customer service startup Kustomer, after the social…
Continue Reading In one small prairie town, two warring visions of America
By TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press BENSON, Minn. (AP) — The headline in the little newspaper said COVID-19 numbers were spiking in the farm towns of…
Continue Reading In one small prairie town, two warring visions of America
By TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press BENSON, Minn. (AP) — The headline in the little newspaper said COVID-19 numbers were spiking in the farm towns of…
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The government has a talent problem. This bill could help change that
Opinion by Gerry Connolly for CNN Business Perspectives Our workforce is the lifeblood of the US federal government. Without individuals committed to…
Continue Reading Microsoft makes a big bet that it can fix Activision Blizzard’s troubled culture
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Microsoft’s nearly $70 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard could make it a leader in gaming. But…
Continue Reading US weekly jobless claims fall for the first time in a month
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week following three straight increases…
Continue Reading ‘Significant’ risk of the US economy shrinking this quarter, BofA warns
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Matt Egan, CNN Business Bank of America slashed its first-quarter economic outlook for the United States on Friday because of…
Continue Reading The economy boomed in Biden’s first year. His second will be harder
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The US economic recovery from the depths of the Covid pandemic continued through the end of last year. But the strong…
Continue Reading McDonald’s sales haven’t been this good since Bill Clinton was president
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Higher prices and chicken sandwiches are helping boost McDonald’s sales. But earnings disappointed…
Continue Reading Forget Zoom school. For some students, class is in session in VR
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Jeremy Bailenson has studied virtual reality for decades. But it wasn’t until last year that the Stanford…
Continue Reading Report: 5,000-plus deaths under Ethiopia’s Tigray blockade
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Nearly 1,500 people died of malnutrition in just part of Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray region…
Continue Reading The investors who aren’t panicking
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The stock market has been jolted by indications the Federal Reserve will move to aggressively raise interest rates to…
Continue Reading Bud Light’s first-ever zero-carb beer hits shelves next week
By Jordan Valinsky and John General, CNN Bud Light Next, the first zero-carb beer from Anheuser-Busch, is hitting shelves next week. The new beer…
Continue Reading This year’s Super Bowl tickets are the most expensive ever
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Put America’s most popular sporting event in its second-largest metropolitan area. Put the…
Continue Reading 14.5M get health care under Obama law, with help from Biden
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says 14.5 million Americans got private health insurance for this…
Continue Reading Ukraine crisis updates: What to know as tensions rise
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The United States and NATO have made no concessions to the main Russian demands to resolve…
Continue Reading Southwest returns to profitability
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Southwest Airlines reported its first quarterly operating profit since the start of the pandemic. Still, when…
Continue Reading McDonald’s ends 2021 strong, but rising costs ding profit
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s ended 2021 on a high note, with U.S. customers spending more and fewer restaurant closures in…
Continue Reading Southwest, profitable again in Q4, expects slow 2022 start
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Thanks to strong passenger traffic over the winter holidays, Southwest Airlines is reporting a $68…
Continue Reading How to score points in the credit game
By BEV O’SHEA of NerdWallet Getting and maintaining good credit can feel like a long, hard journey. It’s not always easy to understand why…
Continue Reading Tata group regains control of debt-laden Air India
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Tata Sons, India’s oldest and largest conglomerate, has regained ownership of the country’s…
Continue Reading Israel, Cyprus, Greece power cable link secures EU funding
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ energy minister says the European Union has earmarked 657 million euros…
Continue Reading Buttigieg pledges help as car fatalities keep spiking higher
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is pledging to tackle a rising U.S. epidemic of car…
Continue Reading Renault, Nissan to invest $26B in future electric vehicles
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The French-Japanese auto alliance of Renault and Nissan plans to invest 23 billion euros ($26…
Continue Reading Deutsche Bank sees biggest annual profit in a decade
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Deutsche Bank says it reaped its best annual profit in 10 years last year.…
Continue Reading China spends billions on Olympics with longer-term goal
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The finance model for the Winter Olympics calls for the host country to spend several billion…
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